Johnson entered the Lennar "Take it to the House" Kickoff promotion, which is in effect every home game. If the Cardinals return the opening kickoff for a touchdown, the person selected will win a new home.

Because Cable deferred, and the Cardinals received, Johnson now has a new home. Oh, and LaRod Stephens-Howling contributed, too.

He returned the opening kickoff 102 yards for a score and said he wasn't aware of the promotion until after the game.

"That's awesome; that's God's blessing," said Stephens-Howling, who had a kickoff return for a touchdown nullified by penalty last week.

Special problems

Despite the touchdown by Stephens-Howling, the Cardinals' special teams have plenty to work on this week.

The team fumbled away two punt returns when rookie Andre Roberts elected not to catch the kicks and the ball hit defenders.

The first one hit safety Matt Ware, and the second hit cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie before the Raiders recovered.

Raiders punter Shane Lechler wasn't booming the ball as usual, and Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said he would have to look at replays to see if Roberts should have caught the balls or done a better job of yelling at players to get out of the way.

"Those balls took a bad bounce, and it's awful," Whisenhunt said. "That's an area that we really need improvement on."

Taking the blame

Quarterback Bruce Gradkowski, making his first start of the season for the Raiders, blamed himself for a costly delay-of-game penalty in the fourth quarter after Oakland had a first and goal at the Cardinals' 1-yard line.

A touchdown would have given the Raiders a 27-24 lead, but after Michael Bush ran for no gain, Gradkowski was slow in calling the huddle, and the Raiders were hit with a delay-of-game penalty.

Gradkowski then threw consecutive incompletions to Darrius Heyward-Bey and Oakland had to settle for a 23-yard field goal.

"I take responsibility for that," Gradkowski said.

"I probably just should have called a timeout, but I was like, 'We can get this play off.' I saw the clock. I knew I wanted the ball. I wanted the quarterback sneak, and I wanted to get in there. But I've got to be better than that."

Shadowing Fitz

Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald was held to just two receptions, one of which went for a touchdown, and the man responsible for covering him most of the game was Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha.

"The number (Fitzgerald's catches) speaks for itself," Raiders defensive end Richard Seymour said. "(Asomugha is) a tremendous talent, a smart guy. As good as he is on the field, I think he's even a better person off the field."

True colors

It was quarterback Derek Anderson's first home game with the Cardinals, and he was taken aback by the number of fans in Raiders colors.

"A lot of guys, they changed into Raiders jerseys today," he said.

"They'll be here next time wearing Cardinals jerseys. That was a little weird. I wasn't expecting that."